Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02


TwnzzEx run I'M =os1-EN1nEr1azzrEn9l
Lewis i. h many Respects eesgFaph-
feaIIy. enun1&roially edHasfi0Dallg amd
sooiAiiv, 4 esnnsy Of considerable I'M
rortanee IN WaseArn WashinEtca.
&c b si11stea midway bet9sea ssa
Cosambia river and PuRet Ssnnd. and
has easy aosees BY SEQ ~ All psrts Of TIE
uustf. while Is is the center % large
and varied industry. It's sehools ars
seeund 20 nnns on the Pacins coast. ana
Il - dsserpsdly distinguished for the
general Hn,elliRence, moraliry 2nd hos
pisality u ils peopie.
Lewis counfy Is Of irregular shape,
and rs seil and climate are as varied se
those Of some States. for IL eantatns 40
area Of $50 square miles. or !. so 60
aeres, aud has q population Of anoas
5000. Ihe s1xf4ee Of the county pre-
senfs Rensralis an expanse OF gently
rolling hiEis. ness the Cascades attain
ing 20 the dignity Of mountains, inter-
sssie9 b. streams, and diversified vita
prairie lands of considerable extent and
exhauslless forests RhepEincipai water
courses are the Cowlifx. Ghshalis, Ne
WaRknm, Tldoa and Skookumchntk
rivers. ard The Saimon. Saltwater, LIS
csmas, Elk. Oisqua. Mcilroy, kainey,
Bunker. Lincoln and Hanaford creeks.
with their tributaries, al8uR whose banks
are large and small valleys, dat stretches
OF bottom land, ~hsre agriculture msy
os probably carried on, and ali kinds
Of traits and cereals Fsissd IN ae1U-
danes. A large proportion Of the e0un-
~ in iks natural state IL wooded. with DR.
On the upiands and oeasr, asa and alder
On she Level tracts. and with this vast
quantity of marketable timber Is hand,
with the superior advantages of the mas
ural highSAys-the rivers ami creeks
down waieh the raw material may be
10ated 30 thu msrts and mills balow
and thence on 10 Puges S0and, where
the worlu's market Is 20 Ne had, II will
become leading industry For every
kind sf agriculture thsss timber lands.
when cleared and suE iagatsd. are eqaai
TO. II nos better than, she open tracts,
and prove 20 BE- Of inestimahls value.
not only IS wheat producing groand.
but alsosfoF raising live stock.
In the north-eeHsrai pafflon Of LeWis
county, situated near % tue Chehalis
river, and on the lev IA De which fringe
that stream, beautifully located. and
one Of the most prosperous and enter
prising iRland cities IN Western Wssh-
tnRton, is the eounty seat
oHEHaLzs.
Lying as il does o. gently RlopinR,
prairie like land, with It's nsak, tasty
observation-disclosures Of cententmsnt and
happiness-its veil Eept Stores. filed 70
repetition With goods sseoRd to none in
a country town, its bank Rrtst and saw
mills, It's manufactures and shops OF
whatever name, Its several places 81
worship, WHOA are to be distinguished
BY their spires and towers, Chehalis is,
indeed, good place in which to live.
Tue literary tastes Of tue psJple In the
county are fosfered BY four weekly
newspapers, two CT when are published
at the comfy seat.
In q commercial point OF view, Cheha-
lis is the natural shipping point for &
large pars OF the county, and her re-
sources are 20 be found IN the products
Of the district OF which she is the center
the supply point and the outlet. Tne
retail business OF its stores is Terry con
siderable, aud it's shipments OF wheat,
oats and -four are large, the whole Gre
atinR q prosperity that Is amply evi
denced BY her substantial business men
/ What are most needed IN Lewis
county are mechanical laoorers who
/ combine frugal habits with utdmchlnr
Industry. Health, courage ana earne
toll are required here as elsewhere, and
People must not look fer bed Of roses
but must be prepared TO endure The
hardships incident 20 q new country
yet always having before them ths
bright lode-star of success, bRinQinl
with it peace and plenty. The men who
came among as to clear away our for.
esis and make fer themselves homes
most remember that there Is no sueh
word as fail in the bright lexioen Of en-
eFay, ard he who can endure personal
privations il bat little worse OF than
| she men with some money. To capital
lists there is scarcely dner field iD tbs
~orld; exhaustless forests, ricn lands
the best water power-all leading to tht
highest promise. No huer place fol
manufacturing Industry exists any
where, and although fortune may not bs
thrown into the lot Of success az once
it will soon be on the high road TO III
attainment.